Containers adrift in area between saint lucia (13-54N 061-07W) and guadeloupe (16-07N 061-48W)
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 99/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-03-06 10:00Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · WEST INDIES 12/10 021558Z MAR 10.. Issued 2010-03-03 10:19Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 88/102010-02-26 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 90/102010-02-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 381/102010-03-02 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 99/10 · this notice2010-03-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2010-03-03 10:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-03-06 10:00Z
- authority
- WEST INDIES 12/10 021558Z MAR 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- WEST INDIES
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 15.008, -61.458
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. WEST INDIES. 1. CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN AREA BETWEEN SAINT LUCIA (13-54N 061-07W) AND GUADELOUPE (16-07N 061-48W). 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 061000Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- Lost containers
- Shipping containers lost overboard, reported floating or semi-submerged, often in groups after a single incident.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
11 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Container adrift in 14-09.4N 060-13.3W at 101205Z dec2017-12-10
- Container adrift vicinity 15-50.0N 062-32.8W at 252015Z feb2011-02-26
- Container adrift in 17-50.2N 062-15.3W at 061830Z dec2010-12-08
- Containers adrift in area between saint lucia (13-54N 061-07W) and guadeloupe (16-07N 061-48W)2010-03-02
- Containers adrift: a. vicinity 14-58N 062-42W at 252000Z feb2010-02-26
- Container adrift vicinity 14-58N 062-42W at 252000Z feb2010-02-26
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 33.4 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 58.3 nm
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 71.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 drifting containers listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:02Z; source collection times vary.
Containers
Shipping containers lost overboard and reported adrift or semi-submerged. All current drifting containers →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.